Web 2.0 and Other Free Tools That Make the Grade!

Instead of Word, Excel, or PowerPoint

• Open Office
• Google Docs

Instead of Publisher

• Scribus Open Source Desktop Publishing

Instead of searching Google images

• FlickerStorm (Search flicker images. You can do a search and drag to the tray. Provide kids with the URL. This avoids kids getting inappropriate images.)

Bookmarking Tools

• del.icio.us
• Diigo

Slideshows

• SlideRocket (create)
• SlideShare (share only

Polls

• Poll Everywhere (Poll your audience through their cell phones.)
• Survey Monkey
• Survey Gizmo

Cartoon Creators

• Toondoo

Videos

• TeacherTube

Searching Web 2.0

• Simple Spark